# Sunday Setup – Matthew 13:3-9

Sermon transcript from Cross Church Surprise.
Series: Sunday Setup
Date: June 11, 2026
Watch: https://crosschurchcares.com/surprise/episodes/sunday-setup-matthew-133-9

## Summary

Are you ready to explore how the condition of your heart affects your faith? What type of soil are you cultivating for the seeds of God's Word? Join us as we uncover the powerful parable of the sower in Matthew 13. Let's dive in together!

## Transcript

Hey, cross church family and welcome to 
 the Sunday setup. This our time where we 
 digitally gather together every Thursday 
 at 2 o'clock across our social media 
 platforms to prepare our hearts for 
 God's word that we'll be reading through 
 this Sunday. Our goal each week is that 
 we want to pray through, we want to 
 preach through, we want to praise 
 through so that we can practice this 
 word of God together and how we walk 
 hand in hand. Well, today we are diving 
 into week two of our series uh through 
 the parables in the book of Matthew and 
 we're going to be in Matthew chapter 13 
 as we started this and uh looked at the 
 wine skins last week. Today it goes to 
 this new parable and the parable of the 
 sewer and we see in Matthew chapter 13 
 starting in verse one it says on that 
 day Jesus went out of the house and was 
 sitting by the sea. Such large crowds 
 gathered around him that he got into a 
 boat and he sat down while the whole 
 crowd stood on the shore. Then he told 
 them many things and parables saying, 
 "Consider the sewer who went out to sew. 
 As he swed some seed fell along the 
 path, and the birds came and devoured 
 them." Other seed fell on rocky ground 
 where it didn't have much soil, and it 
 grew up quickly since the soil wasn't 
 deep. But when the sun came up, it was 
 scorched, and since it had no root, it 
 withered away. Other seed fell among 
 thorns, and the thorns came up, and it 
 choked it. Still other seed fell on good 
 ground and produced fruit. Some h 100, 
 some 60, and some 30 times what was 
 sown. Let anyone who has ears listen. 
 This is a fantastic parable and actually 
 one of the unique parables that we see 
 this a couple different times throughout 
 Jesus' ministry. We're actually we're 
 going to skip down and this Sunday and 
 also read 18-23 where Jesus actually 
 tells us that the best commentary we 
 have in scripture on a parable is when 
 Jesus gives us the commentary and says 
 this is exactly what it means. But today 
 we'll just focus on the parable itself 
 as we prepare our hearts and pray 
 through this. I think the first we see 
 is the sewer went out to sew seeds. He 
 he went out to cast the seed. And the 
 sewer in this, he's going to tell us, is 
 representative of Jesus, is God uh 
 spreading the gospel out to us. And I 
 think it causes to reflect that Jesus is 
 generous, that he gives us something 
 that we do not deserve. And I just want 
 to start here in a word in a prayer of 
 praise is thank you Jesus that you cast 
 seed to. Thank you, Jesus, that you cast 
 seed to my family, that you cast seed to 
 me personally, that you cast seed to the 
 ends of the earth, that you cast seed to 
 surprise Arizona. Is thank you, Jesus, 
 that you cast seed too. Pray that prayer 
 to our God. 
 Heat. Hey, Heat. 
 Lord, thank you that you cast seed Lord 
 to our lives who are listening here 
 today that we are grateful that we don't 
 deserve 
 salvation. We don't deserve the good 
 news. We don't deserve uh what you have 
 brought us, your grace. But Lord, you 
 share the good news with us. God, you 
 allow it to be spread through the church 
 and the people around us. And we just 
 praise you and we thank you for that. 
 God, thank you for the seed that is 
 sown, that is cast out to us that we can 
 hear it and we can respond. But that 
 leads perfectly into the next thing we 
 see in here is Jesus cast a seed and he 
 uses us to cast a seed. But the rest of 
 this parable is all about the ground and 
 the soil and how it is received. And 
 we're going to see four different 
 options on how the word of God is 
 received. But it all goes down to the 
 soil, the ground. And for us, how do we 
 make sure that our soil is right, that 
 we are receiving the good news, that we 
 are receiving the word of God, that 
 we're receiving the salvation that Jesus 
 gives us. So this next prayer as we 
 praise God for the seed he casts I want 
 us to pray asking to make sure that we 
 have the right soil and this kind of 
 goes second prompt is Jesus let the soil 
 of my life be Jesus let the soil of my 
 life be receptive 
 be looking 
 be yearning for God let the soil of my 
 life uh be responsive to what has in me 
 so that it can grow is Jesus. Let the 
 soil of my life be. Pray those prayers 
 to our God. 
 Jesus, let the soil of my life be 
 receptive. 
 be embracing, 
 be glad, be joyful. And Lord, the soil 
 of my life just be something that 
 fosters growth of your word, of your 
 salvation, 
 of everything you do that changes us. 
 God, we thank you for all that you're 
 doing. Lord, we just ask that you 
 prepare our hearts for this passage that 
 we can hear it and we can leave changed. 
 And Lord, we just have you be with us 
 this week and you come gather us 
 together ready to have the right soil, 
 the right heart to receive the word of 
 God. We thank you for this and we lift 
 all this up in Jesus name. Amen. Church, 
 thank you for joining us today. We can't 
 wait to see you this Sunday. Come spend 
 your week living out for the Lord and 
 come this Sunday to have the right soil 
 to hear the word of God. We'll see you 
 Sunday. 
 Heat. Heat. 
 Heat. Heat. 
 Heat. 
 Heat.